This innovative guidebook presents a
systematic, in-depth account of using corpora
in sociolinguistics. It introduces and expands
the application of corpora and corpus
approaches and tools in sociolinguistic
research, surveys the growing number of studies
in corpus-based sociolinguistics, and provides
instructions and options for designing and
developing corpus-based studies. Readers will
find practical information on such contemporary
topics as workplace registers, megacorpora, and
using the web as a corpus. Vignettes, case
studies, discussion questions, and activities
throughout further enhance students’
involvement with the material and provide
opportunities for hands-on practice of the
methods discussed. 'Corpus-Based
Sociolinguistics' is a comprehensive and
accessible guide, a must-read for any student
or scholar interested in exploring this popular
and promising approach to sociolinguistic
research.